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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE AND 1,100 HOMES BURIED BY A LANDSLIDE.
A REMOTE VILLAGE LEVELLED BY THE LANDSLIDE THAT HIT KAOKALAM VILLAGE IN ENGA PROVINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...REUTERS-THE STRAITS TIMES
Louisiana Governor Mike Landry signing legislation classifying two types of abortion pills as controlled substances...REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND
Biden Administration prosecutors seeking a gag order against President Donald Trump in the 'classified documents' case.
Federal District Judge Aileen Cannon told by those prosecutors that President Trump's comments regarding the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home in August 2022 were both false and a threat to the safety of members of law enforcement...ASSOCIATED PRESS-HINDUSTAN TIMES
US POLITICAL POLLING THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT GIVES DONALD TRUMP THE ADVANTAGE OVER JOE BIDEN IN SIX OF SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES.
AN EMERSON POLL PUTS DONALD TRUMP IN THE LEAD OVER JOE BIDEN NATIONALLY IN TWO-WAY AND FIVE-WAY RACES...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
Four reported dead in an Israeli strike in the central part of Gaza...TASS RUSSIA
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talking to Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the aftermath of the international court decision on Israel's military operation in Gaza.
Blinken said to have talked about a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas.
He also reiterated Joe Biden's position against a "major operation" in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The notions of protecting civilians and aid workers in Gaza as well as reopening the Rafah border crossing as soon as possible also talked about...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
The White House claiming tonight that "we have a clear and consistent position on Rafah" with no further comment...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
More on that international court ruling later in the summary.
LATE TONIGHT AIR RAID ALERTS IN SIX EASTERN REGIONS OF UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Department of Agriculture noting the presence of bird flu in the tissue from the meat of a dairy cow. This was one of 95 samples tested by the USDA. None of the samples ending up in the food supply...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THREE MISSIONARIES INCLUDING AN AMERICAN COUPLE KILLED BY A GANG THURSDAY NIGHT IN HAITI'S CAPITAL CITY PORT-AU-PRINCE...CNN...
KENYAN PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO SAYS A FORCE LED BY POLICE FROM KENYA WILL ARRIVE IN HAITI IN THREE WEEKS...BBC NEWS
US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN UNDERGOING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE TONIGHT.
AUSTIN SAID TO HAVE BLADDER ISSUES BUT WE ARE TOLD THE PROCEDURE IS NOT RELATED TO HIS PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
AUSTIN'S AUTHORITY TRANSFERED TO DEPUTY DEFENSE SECRETARY KATHLEEN HICKS..ASSOCIATED PRESS USA
Actor Alec Baldwin losing an attempt to have the manslaughter charge against him dropped.
A judge upholding the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin in the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
That fatal shooting on the set of the movie "Rust"...SKY NEWS UK
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE RULING THAT ISRAEL MUST STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA.
REACTION FROM MANY QUARTERS.
'MODERATE' ISRAELI WAR CABINET MEMBER BENNY GANTZ SAYING A 'JUST AND NECESSARY' WAR WILL CONTINUE IN GAZA.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THE RULING...BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.33 points today.
The NASDAQ up 184.76 points or 1.1 percent.
Tonight the price of oil at 77 dollars and 80 cents a barrel down 93 cents today or 1.21 percent...MARKETWATCH
RUSSIAN FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE CHIEF ALEXANDER BORTNIKOV SAYS THAT UKRAINE'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS INVOLVED IN THE MARCH 22ND CROCUS CITY HALL ATTACK.
BORTNIKOV SAYS THAT THE PROBE INTO THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT KILLED AT LEAST 144 AND WOUNDED 382 CONTINUES...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKEY (TURKIYE)
CHINA'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS THAT THE NEW PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN WITH HIS MAY 20TH INAUGURATION SPEECH IS PUSHING TOWARDS WAR.
CHINA CONDUCTING TWO DAYS OF MILITARY MANUEVERS TO COUNTER THE NOTION OF AN INDEPENDENT TAIWAN...TASS RUSSIA...
CHINA'S MILITARY RELEASING A 3-D SIMULATION OF A MISSILE STRIKE ON TAIWAN...TASS RUSSIA
A drone intercepted as it approached Israel this morning. Shrapnel from the drone causing a fire inside Israeli territory.
An Iraqi militia aligned with Iran claiming an attempt to attack the port of Haifa...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
JOE BIDEN OFFERING KENYA STATUS ON A LIST OF NATIONS CALLED 'MAJOR NON-NATO' ALLIES.
BIDEN MEETING KENYAN PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO DURING A THREE-DAY STATE VISIT TO THE US,
THE CONFLICT WITH TERRORISM AND SOMALIA AND THE CIVIL WAR IN SUDAN BOTH COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING KENYA ALSO DISCUSSED...ASSOCIATED PRESS-REUTERS
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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BODIES OF HOSTAGES FOUND IN GAZA
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel says it has located the bodies of three hostages from the brutal October 7th attack in Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In other news...
Former Colombian President of the "Right" Alvaro Uribe charged with witness tampering and bribery,
The charges in a long-running case involve the notion Uribe was working to discredit a political opponent.
That opponent spreading the notion that Uribe's family had ties to right-wing paramilitaries fighting leftist terrorist groups in Colombia...FOX NEWS
JAPAN EXPANDING ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER ALLEGED ARMS SALES BY NORTH KOREA TO RUSSIA.
THE SANCTIONS ALSO EXTENDED TO TWO CYPRUS BASED COMPANIES...TASS RUSSIA
The US announcing sanctions against government officials in the nation of Georgia next to Russia.
That's over the new 'foreign agents' law designed to prevent the US and other nations from interfering in Georgia's internal affairs.
The law has been labeled a "Russian law" by the pro-NATO political opposition in Georgia...ANI NEWS INDIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin signing a decree allowing seizure of US assets in Russia.
Any seizure of American assets in Russia would be linked to compensation of Russian individuals or entities who have their assets seized by the United States.
The US and EU countries moving towards sending seized Russian assets to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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